Fraud Scams.........................who know anything about

[rs500]

Fraud Scams.........................who know anything about this car.

£100,000,000

Seller has deleted his profile on facebook after deposit was given,,,

all info please.......

location of seller and car ..any contact details phone email etc etc..

[rod6e]

Did you give a deposit without seeing the car?

[THE_Liam]

This sounds interesting. Was the deposit paid by Paypal? You can just claim it back in that case? You didn't just bank transfer it did you?

[rmad]

The pictures are from this ad:

www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C201654

It's likely whoever had your deposit never had the car at all, just took the pictures (edit: and the words, by the looks of it) from someone else's ad.

Did you pay a £100,000,000 deposit?

[colnerov]

Hi, Was someone really going to pay one hundred million pounds for an Escort? That is some scene tax!!

[mgbizzle]

It's peoples own fault if they give large sums of money to complete strangers....

[rmad]

Feb 27, 2015 16:07:31 GMT mgbizzle said:

It's peoples own fault if they give large sums of money to complete strangers....

I'm not one of those that agrees with the 'it's your own fault' theory. If people deliberately take something (or trick you out of it) that they know isn't theirs then they are the bad guys, not the victim. It pays to be vigilant, but a thief is a thief and a victim is a victim.

I'm still intrigued as to why the figure of £100,000,000 appears in the original post though.

[PandaSelecta]

If these cars are worth £100,000,000, then the alloy wheel I have in the garage must be worth enough that I can retire

[JC]

As said above, it's likely the car was never in the "seller"/scammer's possession, they likely just stole the ad. best bet is to try to trace or get a refund through whichever selling method was used. Also very much intrigued about the £100 million part! Details please!

[Deleted]

www.carandclassic.co.uk/doc/fraud_warning

Useful Links

1) If you wish to report a fraud to us please use this email address :- [e-mail]

2) If you wish to report a fraud please visit www.actionfraud.org.uk

3) UK Government advice on buying and selling a vehicle www.nidirect.gov.uk

4) ACPO Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service www.avcis.police.uk



Shame you don't know any details of it.   That looks like a caravan park in the background, And the silverbirch trees at the side in one pic looks like alot of dorset.

Weirdly makes me think of Holton Heath , Which also has a caravan park, Although from looking on google maps i cant see any caravans laid out in that orientation next to an open paddock.

[colnerov]

Hi, the carandclassic ad states the genuine car was for sale from Dorset.

[skylinedave]

Could just be someone in a bedroom thousands of miles away cloning adverts , getting deposits them going off .


Or does that look a bit like a travellers site in the pictures ....?

[rs500]

thanks for the replys people..........the 100,000,000 is just a figure

i have taken action and looks positive from the evidence ive gained.

1) If you wish to report a fraud to us please use this email address :- [e-mail]

2) If you wish to report a fraud please visit www.actionfraud.org.uk

3) UK Government advice on buying and selling a vehicle www.nidirect.gov.uk

4) ACPO Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service www.avcis.police.uk


this is also helpful thanks........

action fraud and my bank where contacted straight away when i became concerned.

[rs500]

www.facebook.com/groups/209072312599600/

thats the fb page..

i paid deposit over bank transfer...£250

mobile [phone]

Mr J A Jackson
sc 400 500.
acc 45623219.

other action has been taken..

police and my bank and other source's

[joem83]

Hsbc Salford according to google

[THE_Liam]

Hope this serves as a warning to people. If you MUST pay a deposit before seeing a car, use Paypal or similar, not bank transfer.

[MrSpeedy]

It wasn't this guy selling was it?



Seriously though, I hope you get a result, but there are so many scammers out there these days, it's not worth taking a risk unless you can afford to lose the money.

It's not a particularly rare car, there will always be another one you can actually see/touch before parting with your hard earned

[omega]

Feb 28, 2015 8:10:06 GMT THE_Liam said:

Hope this serves as a warning to people. If you MUST pay a deposit before seeing a car, use Paypal or similar, not bank transfer.

do no use paypal wen paying for a car as you are not covered by ebay

[THE_Liam]

Feb 28, 2015 9:11:50 GMT omega said:

Feb 28, 2015 8:10:06 GMT THE_Liam said:

Hope this serves as a warning to people. If you MUST pay a deposit before seeing a car, use Paypal or similar, not bank transfer.

do no use paypal wen paying for a car as you are not covered by ebay

I did really mean on eBay but good point, you are protected if you use Paypal outside eBay BUT only if you pay in one lump - a deposit followed by the balance is NOT covered.

To be honest, just don't send deposits sight unseen...

[rmad]

Feb 27, 2015 19:25:59 GMT rs500 said:

the 100,000,000 is just a figure

Well that explains that then. :-)